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RESTORATION
Though sculptures can be cast or fabricated in any number of metals and alloy variants, the main focus of this section of the site is inevitably on copper and copper alloys, the principal art casting materials.
As we have seen, the question of maintainance and restoration, and how far artworks should be subjected to these activities is open to wide debate - even passionate argument. What is certain is that the days of having a shot blast contractor hose down an important sculpture with an abrasive grit, before re-applying a vague approximation of the original patination, are (hopefully) well and truly over. More and more custodians of public and private artworks are becoming aware of the need to sensitively preserve our visual heratige intact for future generations.
The following pages touch upon some of the basic issues regarding the restoration of sculptures.
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